Fences: Jews as Dealers in Stolen Goods in Early Modern Poland
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesMany "fences" (dealers in illicit goods) in early modern Poland were Jewish. Why? Prof. Shaul Stampfer will explore the reasons Jews entered the field and how Jewish communities dealt with illicit activity.
STUDENT EVENT: Feasting with Faculty ft. Prof. Halperin
Undergrads and graduate students are invited to dinner with Prof. Liora Halperin.
Salud y Shalom: Jews in the Spanish Civil War
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United States3,000 Americans, one-third of them Jews, chose to fight against fascism as volunteers in the 1936 Spanish Civil War. Professor Joe Butwin presents the voices of five of these volunteers in this new digital exhibit and talk.
STUDENT EVENT: From Shylock to Charlottesville: Jews, money, and racism
Students are invited to join Dr. Constanze Kolbe for a meaningful conversation about the broader implications of the current rise of historic anti-Semitism.
Looking at the Irish with Envy: American Zionism and the Uses of Irish Nationalism
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesJudah Bernstein explains why 19th-century American Zionists admired Irish nationalists more than any other nationalist group of the time.
Was the Etrog Jewish? Science, Trade & Religion in the 19th Century
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesConstanze Kolbe shows what the etrog fruit's shifting roles in the 19th century - as a fruit, a commodity, and a sacred object used for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot - reveal about the intersections of economics, religion and science.
Hebrew Traditions in Hellenistic Jewish Sources: Philo of Alexandria & the Epistle to the Galatians
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesScholars Michal and Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal draw on their expertise to show how Hebrew traditions informed Paul's Letter to the Galatians.
Grad Fellows: Sephardic Culture: Music, Language & Literature from Spain to Seattle
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesGraduate Fellows Molly FitzMorris, Vivian Mills and Sarah Riskind share their research on the topics of Ladino language, Sephardic music, and the early-modern literature of Spain.
Seattle Jewish Film Festival: “Trezoros” Sephardic Spotlight
AMC Pacific Place 600 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesIn this year's Sephardic Spotlight film, learn about the coastal city of Kastoria, Greece, which was once home to a harmonious and vibrant population of Jews and Christians.
Seattle Jewish Film Festival: Praise the Lard
SIFF Cinema Uptown 511 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA, United StatesThis documentary presents the untold story of the Israeli pork industry, which has created heated struggles throughout the country's short history.
Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel
HUB 214, UW Seattle Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesOrit Bashkin tells the story of the thousands of Iraqi Jews who immigrated to Israel between 1949-1951, only to be resettled in transit camps. Her talk will shed light on these migrants' everyday lives and their determination to thrive in a new country.
Ancient Jewish Magic
Odegaard Library 220 4060 George Washington Lane NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesProf. Mika Ahuvia explains ancient Jews' understandings of angels, demons, and magic, and how "magical" practices have influenced Jewish rituals, liturgy, and beliefs to this day.
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino): Language Endangerment & Revitalization
Thomson Hall 101 2023 King Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesA century ago, Judeo-Spanish was declared "almost extinct." What is the status of the language today? How can an endangered language like Judeo-Spanish be preserved and revitalized in the 21st century?
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century
Kane Hall 110 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesHistorian Timothy Snyder presents twenty lessons from 20th century history to help us understand how to resist and enact change in times of totalitarian power.
Grad Fellows: Israeli Diplomacy, Jewish Refugees and Sephardic Soldiers in the 20th & 21st Centuries
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesGraduate Fellows Samuel Gordon, Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado, and Ozgur Ozkan share their research on migration, the Israeli state, and military participation in this academic panel.